Doris Day is mad as heck about another ugly tabloid cover about her supposed decline. Even though the perky and approachable star doesn’t do interviews, she has to set the record straight. She needs the audience that cares for her to know that’s she’s doing fine and so are her four legged pals.

Read her note – given to Jeanne Wolf and Parade.com — and imagine that Doris Day smile you remember from Pillow Talk, Please Don’t Eat the Daisies, Lover Come Back and a whole list of favorites. You can sense the “Que Sera Sera” attitude which keeps one of the biggest stars in the history of Hollywood going strong.

Dear Friends,

Thanks for asking; but, no, I’m not going to sue that rag.

It will be embarrassing to go to the supermarket again for the next few days.

I’m not going to name the tabloid that ran the most-current story, and I don’t want you to buy it; but let me use the latest headline to answer a question I’m always asked.

First, the headline:

DORIS DAY TRAGEDY (Her Own Story)

She’s losing her memory & voice. Plus! Her home is falling down around her.

Now, the truth.

Wrong! Wrong! Wrong! I’m fine. No, I’m great.

I have to assume that this cobbling together of misinformation, out-of-context quotes and untruths came from the annual call I make to the local radio station, Magic63 in Monterey on my birthday.

It was a great day. New and old friends – from people I worked with, such as Tony Bennett, to Charles Osgood, Chris Botti and Lesley Stahl called in — and I talked about the construction being done on my house (which wasn’t falling down), I had a frog in my throat, and I couldn’t remember John Denver’s name (because we always kidded around, as I called him his real name, Deutschendorf…and he called me Kappelhoff).

I’m not going to read the whole story (I never do) or address other issues.

I get many requests for interviews with outlets that are not tabloids. But, when I do speak, I am constantly quoted out of context, misquoted and/or made a victim (I’m not) of some disease or situation in the trash media outlets. It’s just not worth it.

My message is just be kind to your animals, and let them know you love them. Please watch out for your loved ones, and don’t worry about me. Oh, yes, don’t buy the tabloids either!